A team of researchers from Germany and Russia, including Vadim Nikulin from the Higher School of Economics, have demonstrated that long contraction of muscles in one hand increases involuntary ...

This graph shows the relationship between age and mirror activity for a normal brain and one with autism. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted ...

A new class of brain cells -- mirror neurons -- are active both when people perform an action and when they watch it being performed. Some scientists speculate that a mirror system in people forms the ...